結婚指輪

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けつ > けっ
Grade: 4
こん
Grade: S
ゆび
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 結婚 (kekkon, marriage) +‎ 指輪 (yubiwa, (finger) ring).[1][2][3]

First cited to 1948.[1] Wedding rings were not part of Japanese tradition prior to closer contact with European-based cultures, with the practice and the term only becoming more common with greater US cultural influence during the post-war period.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) っこんゆびわ [kèkkóń yúꜜbìwà] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞k̚ko̞ɰ̃ jɯ̟bʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

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(けっ)(こん)(ゆび)() (kekkon yubiwa

  1. [1948] a wedding ring

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN